Lucy Gigli founded BikeAlameda along with Dan Wood in 1999. Lucy Gigli spent thirteen years in the software industry as a software engineer and a project manager. She managed multimillion dollar projects of computer aided dispatching systems for police and fire departments throughout the US and Canada. Organizing people and getting projects done on time within priorities is her expertise. She uses these frequently for BikeAlameda.
Lucy biked to work in San Francisco for 12 years from Berkeley, El Cerrito and San Francisco. Her bicycle has enabled her to feel freedom and independence from an early age. She began her bicycle advocacy career with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition in 1992 and has hoped to create a similarly successful organization in Alameda. She is currently the president of BikeAlameda, handles the administrative and non profit tasks and volunteer outreach. Lucy is also on the board of the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority(ACTIA) Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) (Measure B funds).
Self-employed, event producer and deputy city attorney for the City of Hayward. Originator of the Food and Wine society, which is dedicated to building relationships on the platform of food and wine. Jeff bikes to every Oakland Raider home game.
Joyce has been an IBM employee for 22 years, currently as a Technical Sales Manager. She began bicycling as her primary mode of transportation around Alameda in 2006, to reduce global warming and to work exercise into her busy schedule. She was pleased to learn of BikeAlameda at a Bike to Work Day refreshment station, took the Day 1 Safety Class, and then volunteered to help with valet bike parking at the Park Street Fair with her daughter. After learning basic safety techniques Joyce went on rides with her son and daughter, to teach them how to ride safely around Alameda on their own. She enjoys biking for errands around town, including grocery shopping with baskets and a pannier installed on her bike. Joyce joined the BikeAlameda Board to help promote safe bicycling as a viable alternative to driving vehicles in town, especially for those who may not be avid bicyclers yet.
Shelley is a life-long cyclist, riding her bicycle whenever possible for recreation, and to school and work throughout her career. In 2004, she began using her bicycle as her primary mode of transportation, and rides everywhere possible - to shop, for medical appointments and chorus rehearsals in Oakland, etc. - with an outbound limit of about 15 miles. She has ridden in the American Diabetes Association's Tour de Cure for several years.
Shelley discovered BikeAlameda through the Valet Bike Parking, and has been an active volunteer for this valuable service, and on Bike to Work day, for several years. Shelley also took the bike education class and found it extremely helpful. She is pleased to join the BikeAlameda Board of Directors in working for friendlier conditions for cyclists in Alameda.
An Alamedan since the 70's and a Bay Area native, has enjoyed cycling all his life, but became an avid cyclist in the past five years. He has completed numerous "century rides" (100 miles) in recent years. John rides most weekends and frequently commutes by bike between Alameda and UC Berkeley's Hearst Museum of Anthropology. His cycling interests include advocacy for public access, recreation and bike safety. In addition, John home-roasts fair trade coffee, enjoys gourmet cooking and is owned by two Schipperkes.
John's history includes being a political activist, Labor Union representative and small business owner. A ride leader and former officer with Team Alameda, he also rides frequently with the Oakland Yellowjackets. John most recently served on the committee for the first annual "Wheels for Meals" benefit for Alameda County Meals on Wheels.
BikeAlameda's Membership Coordinator. Ricardo helps with valet bike parking and the bike safety class participants to reach out to members. He is most interested in seeing what members and the bicycling public want.
John Knox White has spent the last 11 years in entertainment marketing and development. He began advocating as a member of New York's Transportation Alternatives, working for safe bicycling and equality after he started to bike-commute daily from Brooklyn to Manhattan. Knox White brings strong project management, systems structure and interpersonal-communication skills learned over a decade of managing absolute chaos in the music industry.
A resident of Alameda since 2001, Knox White oversees the advocacy arm of BikeAlameda, working with the city and regional government bodies to assure adequate cycling infrastructure and safety for Alameda and its routes of egress and ingress. Knox White also chairs the City of Alameda Transportation Commission and works actively with Alameda's Pedestrian and Transit advocacy groups. Knox White has been cycling since the age of 5 and bike commuting and touring since he was 13. Currently, he spends most of his time on a bike ferrying his two young sons to various appointments and activities.
Employed with the US Forest Service as a cartographer. Joan created BikeAlameda's premier map which is given out all over the island.
Dan Wood founded BikeAlameda along with Lucy Gigli in 1999. A father of two (one on training wheels, one that rides in the Burley trailer), he lives in Alameda and owns a software company (Karelia Software, LLC) that produces an award-winning product for the Macintosh. He has been a bicyclist since childhood, and has been actively involved in community affairs for a number of years including the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and managing projects for Community Impact. For BikeAlameda, Dan manages the group's online presence and the production of publicity materials.